Enrico Bombieri Quotes

Enrico Bombieri is an Italian mathematician, known for his work in analytic number theory, algebraic geometry, univalent functions, theory of several complex variables, partial differential equations of minimal surfaces, and the theory of finite groups. He won a Fields Medal in 1974.

✵ 26. November 1940
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Enrico Bombieri Quotes

“When things get too complicated, it sometimes makes sense to stop and wonder: Have I asked the right question?”

Enrico Bombieri, cited in: Leonard F. Koziol (2014), The Myth of Executive Functioning. p. 1

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